Watch Newcastle Surfest 2019 LIVE from Merewether Beach

The 34th annual surfing festival kicked-off on Saturday, with events being held for six weeks. Surfest is expected to attract more than 1000 competitors from at least 22 countries to Newcastle this year.

Watch the action live online here.

Surfest’s men’s and women’s events remain the first 6000-point events of the QS calendars and will be followed again by the Manly Pro and championship tour stops at Snapper Rocks, Bells Beach and Margaret River.